KILT Houston (610) joins the growing ranks of Audacy sports stations to land a home on the FM dial. On Aug. 13 the station will begin simulcasting on 95.7 FM, displacing what is now adult hits \u201c95.7 The Spot\u201d KKHH. It becomes Audacy\u2019s 23rd FM sports station.<\/p>\n
Audacy is using the FM simulcast to rebrand the station as \u201c95.7 The Fan.\u201d<\/p>\n
The FM launch date is significant as it coincides with the first preseason game for the Houston Texans. As part of this expansion, \u201c95.7 The Fan\u201d will serve as the flagship FM broadcast home for the Houston Texans, whose games will continue on AM flagship 610 AM.<\/p>\n
\u201cHouston boasts some of the most passionate sports fans in the country, and they deserve both the content and distribution that matches their energy,\u201d said Chris Oliviero, Chief Business Officer, Audacy. \u201cBetween our incredibly entertaining and informative lineup of local hosts and our exclusive partnership with the Texans, we are the ultimate destination for Houston sports fans. Launching 95.7 The Fan as our tenth FM sports station in the top ten U.S. markets is a proud milestone and solidifies Audacy’s leadership in local sports audio. We can’t wait to bring this unbeatable coverage to even more fans so they can join the conversation and stay connected to the teams they love.\u201d<\/p>\n
The on-air lineup includes \u201cPayne and Pendergast\u201d (6-10am), \u201cIn The Loop with John Lopez and Reggie Adetula\u201d (10am-2pm), \u201cThe Drive with Stoerner and Hughley\u201d (2-6pm), and \u201cArea 45 with Bijani and Creighton\u201d (nights after \u201cTexans All Access\u201d).<\/p>\n
KILT is the latest Audacy sports station find a home on FM, joining recently launched \u201c97.1 The Fan\u201d KNX-FM Los Angeles, and WGR Buffalo-Rochester, NY. Adding Houston gives the company an FM sports radio presence across all top ten U.S. markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KILT Houston (610) joins the growing ranks of Audacy sports stations to land a home on the FM…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[11671,56,58,57,223],"class_list":["post-383795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-free","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}